Antibiotic resistance and its cost: is it possible to reverse resistance?

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Summary

The findings suggest that the fitness costs of resistance will allow susceptible bacteria to outcompete resistant bacteria if the selective pressure from antibiotics is reduced, and that the rate of reversibility will be slow at the community level.

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Published
2010-04-01
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Keywords

Antibiotic resistance, Biology, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Resistance (ecology)

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